Hi Jane,
 You wrote to Steve:
 > SK>JK>Mark, this contradicts what you said above and is essentially the
 > SK>JK>same damn thing that the researcher at Swedish Hospital told me
 > SK>JK>several years ago!  That new virus(es?) (i?) (what is the correct
 > SK>JK>plural of the critters?) are hard to find.
 > SK>Considering that new virii are found nearly every year with new flu
 > SK>strains I find that laughable.
 > The "new" ones are a form of those that are known.  The virus will
 > mutate rapidly.  The researchers have a pretty good idea of what they
 > are looking for.
 > Those such as Ebola are something else again.
 It is still not known for sure whether viruses mutate or are simply
 picked up by people travelling to other countries with other forms
 of viruses. As to Ebola..it is known that chimpanzees sometimes
 get it..and that not all the chimps in a group are decimated by
 it (Jane Goodall) and that outbreaks in the human population ONLY
 occur in the very few isolated areas where it is known that chimps
 are eaten as a source of food. It has not yet been proven where
 the chimps get Ebola and nor has it been proven conclusively (who
 would dare to act as guinea pig) that eating chimp meat is
 responsible. But a little common sense here (in view of the
 obvious connection) would seem good advice.
 Alan
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